Tamil: A Biography

by David Dean Shulman

Book Overview

Spoken by eighty million people in South Asia and a diaspora that stretches across the globe, Tamil is one of the great world languages, and one of the few ancient languages that survives as a mother tongue for so many speakers. David Shulman presents a comprehensive cultural history of Tamil--language, literature, and civilization--emphasizing how Tamil speakers and poets have understood the unique features of their language over its long history...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674059921
• ISBN13: 9780674059924
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.3"